Recent News

Akimbo’s Calgary correspondent, Sarah Todd, lists the exhibitions Colleen Heslin: Needles and Pins and Jack Bush: In Studio as highlights of 2016.

London-based Slovenian artist Jasmina Cibic has been awarded the 2016 MAC International Ulster Bank Prize, which is worth more than $24,000. This is the largest contemporary art prize in Ireland, and it attracted nearly one thousand entries from forty countries worldwide.

Esker Foundation’s head of public engagement, Megan Kerluke, is named one of Calgary’s 2016 Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine. 

Sarah Todd reviews Caitlin Thompson’s Project Space installation, Dandy Lines, for Akimbo.

Artist and Curator Danielle St-Amour speaks on Charlotte Moth’s work and interviews Celia Perrin Sidarous about their simultaneous exhibitions last fall at the Esker Foundation in Calgary.

Bryne McLaughlin writes on the practice of Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens for Canadian Art.

Rebecca Smyth reflects on labour, Calgary, and Real failure needs no excuse for Luma Quarterly.

James Adams writes for The Globe and Mail about the The McMichael Canadian Art Collection’s 50th anniversary exhibitions, including Jack Bush: In Studio and Colleen Heslin: Needles and Pins, which traveled to Kleinburg from Calgary earlier this year.

Tina Reilly writes about Etienne Zack’s exhibition, Those lacking imagination take refuge in reality, for the National Gallery of Canada’s online magazine, Ngcmagazine.ca.

Wafaa Bilal’s 168:01 project in The Guardian.